04-02-2016, 08:39
Hi Alliecat! You visited my thread. I wanted to return your well wishes for success!
A few things, if you don't mind my advice? Check out chronometer website. It's a free nutrition online tracker. You enter the food you eat and it calculates your exact calories, vitamin, mineral, and macro intake. I was surprised how much I needed to eat to meet my calorie and nutrition needs. You need adequate nutrition to see growth. You need healthy fat, enough carbs and enough protein. You also need calcium, vit C, and more nutrients for collagen production and healthy skin growth.
It sounds like you don't eat meat or dairy? Do you eat rice, sweet potatoes, or squash? These can help you meet your carb intake needs. Beans and quinoa will give you protein. I recommend soaking beans overnight and discarding soak water before cooking, if you don't already. Coconut oil, avacados, black olives, and nuts are healthy fats. Walnuts contain omega 3s, good for you. If you aren't eating meat or much oils you may not get enough omega 6. Evening Primrose Oil contains healthy omega 6. If your not against soy, soymilk is good fat, protein, calorie boost and easy to fit in your day, drank alone or added to coffee, tea, smoothie.
Be careful supplementing B12. B12 is necessary but a lot of supps are too high and can cause an imbalance with other B vitamins. Maybe use a B complex, a lower dose B12, or be sure your diet includes enough of the other B's. Soymilk usually has B vitamins added. You might get adequate intake if you drink it.
I think focusing on massage is a good plan. I suggest starting a thread in the massage section and asking the seasoned persons if 4x a day would have more benefit over 2x a day. Sometimes less is more, sometimes more is more.
Happy growing!
A few things, if you don't mind my advice? Check out chronometer website. It's a free nutrition online tracker. You enter the food you eat and it calculates your exact calories, vitamin, mineral, and macro intake. I was surprised how much I needed to eat to meet my calorie and nutrition needs. You need adequate nutrition to see growth. You need healthy fat, enough carbs and enough protein. You also need calcium, vit C, and more nutrients for collagen production and healthy skin growth.
It sounds like you don't eat meat or dairy? Do you eat rice, sweet potatoes, or squash? These can help you meet your carb intake needs. Beans and quinoa will give you protein. I recommend soaking beans overnight and discarding soak water before cooking, if you don't already. Coconut oil, avacados, black olives, and nuts are healthy fats. Walnuts contain omega 3s, good for you. If you aren't eating meat or much oils you may not get enough omega 6. Evening Primrose Oil contains healthy omega 6. If your not against soy, soymilk is good fat, protein, calorie boost and easy to fit in your day, drank alone or added to coffee, tea, smoothie.
Be careful supplementing B12. B12 is necessary but a lot of supps are too high and can cause an imbalance with other B vitamins. Maybe use a B complex, a lower dose B12, or be sure your diet includes enough of the other B's. Soymilk usually has B vitamins added. You might get adequate intake if you drink it.
I think focusing on massage is a good plan. I suggest starting a thread in the massage section and asking the seasoned persons if 4x a day would have more benefit over 2x a day. Sometimes less is more, sometimes more is more.
Happy growing!